In the coming years all
activities are focusing on the delivery of information to the Commission around
2018, containing:

Conclusions on functionality, feasible technologies, available spectrum and available standards

Identification of migration scenarios and economic impact analysis

Identification of changes needed in the CCS TSI

Proposal for the next steps

The activities that require
external contributions are coordinated by the Agency, based upon a common deliverable
plan. Four workstreams can be identified: functionality, technology, spectrum
and transition related items. The Agency encourages active participation in these
workstreams.

Several activities conducted
by the Agency are ongoing or are already finished. In the recent past, an ex-post
analysis of GSM-R and two studies on network models, including ownership and
control for radio networks, have been carried out by the Agency. In Q2 2016, the final
reports from ongoing studies on migration scenarios and
modelling the capability of GSM-R spectrum to be used by GSM-R and
other technologies in parallel will be delivered. By the end of 2016, the draft conclusions of a
study on the feasibility of satellite communication for voice and ETCS data will be
available.

UIC will deliver the user
requirements (URS) in the beginning of 2016 and the requirements on technical
architecture in Q2 2016. Functional requirement specifications (FRS), detailing
the different voice and data applications, will be ready mid 2017.

ETSI will deliver the
necessary document (SRDoc) to address the railway spectrum needs to ECC in the
second half of 2016. The period 2016 until 2019 will be needed to draft ETSI technical
specifications.

In the period 2018-2021
activities related to a proof of concept may be scheduled when necessary.

When the suitability for railway operation has
been demonstrated and the proposed amendments to the CCS TSI are identified, the
Commission will be informed and the process of adoption and inclusion in the
legislation framework will be started. These processes are intended to take place
around 2021-2022